Wednesday's Words on a Friday

 

The original Words for Wednesday was begun by Delores and eventually taken over by a moveable feast of participants when Delores had computer troubles. Sadly, Delores has now closed her blog forever due to other problems.

The aim of the words is to encourage us to write. A story, a poem, whatever comes to mind.

If you are posting an entry on your own blog, please let us know so we can come along to read it and add a few encouraging words.

This month the words/prompts are supplied by Elephant's Child and can be found here

This week's words/prompts are: 

1.gentle  2.organic  3.standards  4.odour  5.moisture 

and/or: 

1.20 years  2.noses  3.pregnant  4. gloves  5. high

Here is my story, including some of the words from last week but still missing a couple:

“I don’t know what’s wrong with me,” complained Rosie. “I keep going roundabout things I should be doing, but getting nothing done. I sleep too late so I’ve been missing the peace and beauty of early mornings, I keep dreaming of the shore down below the cliffs where we camped out one summer.”

“I’m sorry to hear that,” I said. “I’ve been so totally engrossed with Christopher, we have 20 years to catch up on and now you’re feeling lost and forgotten.” “Maybe that’s it,” said Rosie, “or maybe it’s that I have to get home and start getting ready for the new school year and to add to the calamity, I’ve heard my best friend Tess has gotten herself pregnant! Suddenly her “High Society” friends are walking past her with their noses in the air, like she has a bad odour or something. How can they be so cruel?”

“Double standards are everywhere Rosie,” I said. “As I remember one of their own found herself in the same predicament and was suddenly persona-no-grata. I agree it’s wrong of them, but you can help by remaining her friend, be gentle with her mood swings but don’t handle her with kid gloves either.” “I can do that,” said Rosie, “and I can….oh I don’t know what else, but I will be there for her.”

Christopher knocked on the open door just then and noticing the moisture on Rosie’s cheeks asked was there anything he could do to help solve whatever was wrong. “Not this time, Chris,” said Rosie. “It’s a friend of mine at school that has a problem right now.” Christopher said, “if it helps, my grandmother had a firm belief in talking and many cups of tea.” Rosie smiled at that, then said, “my friend is pregnant and has to drop out of school for the year, her boyfriend lied to her about sticking around and ran away to join the navy.”

She told Chris about her dreams and he said it sounded like she was having to let go of childhood and jump into adult life, because of what Tess is going through.